australian composition

Julius Schwing is creating new guitar techniques from his Bruny Island studio

April 22, 2022

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Living in Tasmania carries with it a feeling of remoteness. We are far away from the place we call “the mainland”, yet […]

Sarah Elise Thompson’s debut album is an intimate self-portrait

November 18, 2021

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Take one look at Sarah Elise Thompson’s portfolio, and you’ll see a list of names that’ll leave you feeling awestruck. Deborah Cheetham. […]

Passing the mic // An interview with composer Kezia Yap

August 9, 2021

BY LILY BRYANT, SERIES CURATOR Welcome back to our second instalment of Passing the Mic, a series centring the art of Australian female, non-binary, and […]

This new composition is basically a chain letter game (but with music)

July 10, 2021

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE If you enjoyed your teenage years in the 2000s (hey, millennials), you probably sent a chain email or two. You know the […]

How I used Zoom to express creativity through isolation

June 2, 2021

BY BECKY LLEWELLYN We would like to welcome Becky in her first blog as a CutCommon contributor! Ah, 2021 – living through a global pandemic. […]

AMEB commissions Indigenous lullaby for Online Orchestra, and invites you to play along

June 2, 2021

BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Candace Kruger is a Yugambeh yarrabilginngunn (songwoman) woman, an ethnomusicologist, and a proud Kombumerri (Gold Coast) […]

Want your program to be historically informed? Include new music

May 20, 2021

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE “Our contemporary fascination with music of the past would be considered an aberration in Bach’s time.” It’s a fascinating idea, isn’t it? […]